There are 11 ways to get from Como to Edinburgh by plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MXP - EDI
6h 18m£55–167Train via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 11m£381–831Bus
- Take the bus from Lugano to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
29h 17m£96–287Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Como to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
18h 57mFly Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LIN - EDI
6h 49m£75–187Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BGY - EDI
6h 50m£63–229Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane MXP - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 4m£56–172Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ZRH - EDI
7h 46m£130–380Train
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibalditrain S11
- Take the train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 26m£367–634Train, bus
- Take the train from Como Borghi to Milano Cadornatrain R17
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Gentbus
- Take the bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
35h 56mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Como to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
19h 57m£233–361
Como to Edinburgh by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Como to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £50 - £170 and takes 6h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Como to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 18m and costs £50 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Como to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Como and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Lugano, Brussels Midi / Brussels South West and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 17m.
No, there is no direct train from Como to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Como S. Giovanni and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Zürich HB, Mulhouse Ville, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 11m.
The distance between Como and Edinburgh is 929 miles.
The best way to get from Como to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Strasbourg which takes 17h 11m and costs £380 - £850.
It takes approximately 6h 18m to get from Como to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Como to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lugano station.
Como to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Como S. Giovanni station.
The best way to get from Como to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 18m and costs £50 - £170. Alternatively, you can train via Strasbourg, which costs £380 - £850 and takes 17h 11m, you could also bus, which costs £95 - £290 and takes 29h 17m.
What companies run services between Como, Italy and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet, Ryanair, and three other airlines fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Como S. Giovanni to Edinburgh Waverley via Zürich HB, Mulhouse, Mulhouse Ville, Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Gare De L'Est, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 17h 11m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–95
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–130
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £20–110
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Como Borghi to Milano Cadorna
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lugano to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £19–29
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–18
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Gent
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £27–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–17
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Como to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Brussels - Midi Train Station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Como. It is currently 1:42 AM in Como and 12:42 AM in Edinburgh.
Como to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
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